Low-dose tryptophan depletion in recovered depressed patients induces changes in cognitive processing without depressive symptoms

Background: Acute tryptophan depletion can induce a transient reappearance of depressive symptoms in recovered depressed patients. The neurochemical mechanism if thought to be impairment of brain serotonin neurotransmission, but the neuropsychologic mechanisms underlying the effect are unclear. Meth...

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Hauptverfasser: Hayward, G, Goodwin, G, Cowen, P, Harmer, C
Weitere Verfasser: Society of Biological Psychiatry
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2005
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